New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

Millionaire puts £3.7m divorce details on the internet to prove to village g...

" With millions of pounds worth of business, house and cars at stake, Gary Dean's divorce was always going to picked apart by gossips. So he was determined that they'd at least get the details right. Sick of...

Merrill set to sell Bloomberg stake for $4.5bn

Some interesting news for those who follow the fate of Michael Bloomberg.  It seems the meltdown in the financial sector has allowed him to buy back a big stake of his empire from Merrill Lynch."Merrill Lynch is set to sell its 20 per cent stake in Bloomberg for about...

Rock, Paper, Scissors May Be Worth 50K To Kennesaw Student

Emma Gay, a Kennesaw State University Psychology major, is on her way to Vegas and a possible purse of $50,000.  All she has to do is win at rock, paper scissors."As a recap, rock, paper, scissors is the childhood game where two people face each other and, at the count...

Mass. regulators file fraud charges against UBS

"Massachusetts regulators filed civil fraud charges Thursday against UBS Financial Services for allegedly selling investments it knew were extremely risky, but portrayed as safe. The complaint by the...

New Brazil Oil Finds May Be One Big Field

Recent Brazilian oil discoveries may all be connected and form one big oil field, Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview Saturday " Recent Brazilian oil discoveries may all be connected and form one big oil field, Brazil's...

'Sarkar Raj' threat to Bachchans

"It rarely happens in cinema when one family's entire fortunes are at stake. India's legendary film star Amitabh Bachchan must be the most nervous person in the film capital of India, Mumbai. He, along with his son...

Warren Buffett's stake helps Mars take over Wrigley

"Warren Buffett took advantage of the credit crunch yesterday as Mars announcedan agreed $23 billion (£11.5 billion) takeover of Wrigley in a deal that theworld’s richest man helped to finance in return for a cut-price stake in thechewing gum group.Mr Buffett’s Berkshire...

Canada's Arctic Sovereignty: "Say It with TNT"

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIn the 1950's Race for Space saw Russia and the Americans pulling out all the stops to claim Space as their own.  Canada is doing the same in claiming the Arctic's...

Naked man impaled himself on pole in Schoolyard

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorGuess my first question would be, Why the hell are you naked outside to begin with in -20 degrees in winter? Certainly smacks of stupidity both in his actions and...

Wikipedia Reliability at Stake After ‘Edit 4 Donations’ Allegation on Jim...

"New Delhi (ABC Live): Jimmy Wales, the founder of world famed online encyclopedia, Wikipedia has been accused content tampering in lieu of $5000 donation in Wikipedia."

For their eyes only: MI6

"FOR THEIR EYES ONLY: INQUEST HELD IN CAMERA TO PROTECT THE 'SECRETS' OF TEN MI6 OFFICERS? Ten former and serving MI6 officers will 'testify at the Diana Inquest from 26-29 February but the hearings will be held...

Buffett Buys Big Stake In Kraft

Maybe Warren just loves his KD?"I loved it so much...I bought the company!""Warren Buffett's investment group, Berkshire Hathaway, bought more than 132 million shares of food company Kraft, according to a document...

Yahoo in talks with News Corp.

The plot thickens..." Microsoft has a new competitor for Yahoo's affections: Rupert Murdoch.The Netco is talking to News Corp. about a potential deal that would merge Yahoo with News Corp.'s Web assets like MySpace...

Stereogum owners sell company for piece of BuzzNet

Not sure how or if this will affect the Stereogum experience. Any bets?"December 7, 2007 -- The owners of hipster music Web site Stereogum, which include former AOL executive Bob Pittman, former MTV digital guru...

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